Hot News: Toronto election: Rob Ford will return to council

CBC News projects that Rob Ford will be elected as councillor in Ward 2, returning as a member of council after withdrawing his name from the mayoral race to battle cancer.

With 26 of 32 polls reporting, Ford had 9,634 votes, compared to 1,987 for the next closest candidate Luke LaRocque.

Ford had served as a councillor for years in this ward before he was elected as mayor four years ago.

He withdrew from the mayoral race in September and put his name on the Ward 2 ballot instead.

Ford is among a large group of familiar faces who CBC News projects will be returning to council.

They include:



Vincent Crisanti in Ward 1

Mark Grimes in Ward 6

Giorgio Mammoliti in Ward 7

Anthony Perruzza in Ward 8

Maria Augimeri in Ward 9

James Pasternak in Ward 10

Frances Nunziata in Ward 11

Frank Di Giorgio in Ward 12, in a close race that saw John Nunziata a couple of hundred votes behind him

Sarah Doucette in Ward 13

Gord Perks in Ward 14

Josh Colle in Ward 15

Cesar Palacio in Ward 17, where he defeated Alejandra Bravo, who previously ran against him in 2003 and 2006

Ana Bailao in Ward 18, where she won a close race against opponent Alex Mazer

Mike Layton in Ward 19

Joe Mihevc in Ward 21

Josh Matlow in Ward 22

John Filion in Ward 23

David Shiner in Ward 24

Jaye Robinson in Ward 25

Kristyn Wong-Tam in Ward 27

Pam McConnell in Ward 28

Mary Fragedakis in Ward 29

Paula Fletcher in Ward 30

Janet Davis in Ward 31

Mary-Margaret McMahon in Ward 32

Shelley Carroll in Ward 33

Denzil Minnan-Wong in Ward 34

Michelle Berardinetti in Ward 35

Gary Crawford in Ward 36

Michael Thompson in Ward 37

Glenn De Baeremaeker in Ward 38

Norm Kelly in Ward 40

Chin Lee in Ward 41

Raymond Cho in Ward 42

Paul Ainslie in Ward 43

Ron Moeser in Ward 44

C BC News has projected election wins for some newcomers as well:

In Ward 3, CBC News projects that Stephen Holyday will be elected as the new councillor. In Ward 4, John Campbell will be elected as the councillor who will replace the retiring Gloria Lindsay Luby. In Ward 5, Justin Di Ciano will be elected as the new councillor. In Ward 16, Christin Carmichael Greb will be elected as the new councillor, replacing Karen Stintz, who endorsed her shortly before the election. In Ward 20, Joe Cressy will be elected to council, after winning a race with more than 20 other candidates. In Ward 26, challenger Jon Burnside has defeated incumbent John Parker. Burnside had previously run against Parker in 2010. In Ward 39, Jim Karygiannis - who was a longterm Liberal MP before making this council run - picks up the seat that Mike Del Grande held in the most recent council.

CBC News has full coverage online, as well as on CBC Radio and CBC Television, for these results, as well as for the mayoral and trustee races and the mayoral races from around the Greater Toronto Area.

CBC viewers can click on the video at the top of this page to watch live coverage of election night.

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